Chrissy Angliker was born in Zurich, Switzerland, and raised in Greifensee and Winterthur. Her earliest ambitions were to grow up to be a stunt woman – and to make art. From a very young age she experimented with stone, clay, and found objects among other materials. Beginning in 1996 she was fortunate to study with the Russian artist Juri Borodachev, who became her artistic mentor for several years.